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Overall Rank: 1936
Average Rating: 2.9/4
# of Ratings: 45
Theatrical Release Date: 04/12/1932
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Edmund Goulding
Actors: John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Purnell Pratt
Plot: The lives of several guests collide at the Grand Hotel, where "nothing ever happens."
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2.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 05/27/2019
Although full of recognizable stars from yesteryear, "Grand Hotel" is bland and forgettable.
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3.5/4
sapien - wrote on 02/08/2011
I liked this movie a lot. It had moments of sorrow, and of humor. My favorite character was definitely Lionel Barrymore's. The whole thing was great.
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3/4
Allison - wrote on 11/17/2007
This movie is absolutely amazing. I loved the characters and their sense of ... imprisonment at the hotel. Trapped in one place and trapped in their careers, class, what have you. I love "classic" movies like this and hope to discover more like it.
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Delorted - wrote on 11/15/2007
“Grand Hotel, always the same. People come. People go. Nothing ever happens.” What Dr. Otterschlag (Lewis Stone) doesn’t seem to realize is that anything but “nothing” happens in the Grand Hotel, for romance, robbery and more await in the Best Picture winning film, “Grand Hotel.”
The stories follow thief Baron Felix von Geigern (John Barrymore) and Flaemmchen (Joan Crawford) as they fall in love, while the Baron also steals the heart of performer Grusinskaya (Greta Garbo) while stealing her pearl necklace. We also follow the life of a dying man, Otto Kringelein (Lionel Barrymore) as he has the time of his life before his death.
The stories in the film are very involved, while at the same time not very interesting. Many films since have tried to copy its format of …
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